BUT FIRST,WE BEGIN WITH NEW INFORMATION IN THE BOAT CRASH THAT KILLED TWO UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS STUDENTS. THEY DIED WHEN THEY BOAT THEY WERE ON SLAMMED INTO A HOUSE BOAT ON GRAND LAKE TUESDAY. TONIGHT, INVESTIGATORS SAY RACHEL SWETNAM AND WILLIAM "TREY" VARNER BOTH DIED OF BLUNT FORCE TRAUMA. TOXICOLOGY TEST RESULTS ARE NOT YET IN. SWETNAM'S FUNERAL IS TOMORROW MORNING IN TULSA. VARNER WILL BE LAID TO REST SUNDAY IN TEXARKANA. INVESTIGATORS BELIEVE BOTH SPEEDING AND ALCOHOL WERE FACTORS IN THAT CRASH. 40/29'S EMILY MAHER FOUND OUT WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT DRINKING ON THE LAKE BEFORE YOU GET ON THE WATER. SHE'S LIVE AND LOCAL. WITH TEMPERATURES WELL INTO THE EIGHTIES TODAY AND MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER, BOATERS ARE GEARING UP TO HEAD OUT ON BEAVER LAKE YOU CAN SEE (something about how many boats are on the docks water right now) 40/29 NEWS SPOKE WITH POLICE TO FIND OUT THE CONSEQUENCES FOR DRINKING AND BOATING "if you are going to drink do it safely, be smart about it" POLICE SAY DRIVING A BOAT WHILE DRUNK, JUST LIKE A CAR, IS ILLEGAL "the DWI laws do not change" ACCORDING TO THE ARKANSAS GAME AND FISH COMMISSION IF YOU ARE CAUGHT BOATING WHILE DRUNK, YOU COULD BE FINED ONE-THOUSAND DOLLARS AND FACE UP TO A YEAR IN PRISON THE DRIVER WOULD ALSO BE BANNED FROM DROVOMG A BOAT FOR 90 DAYS AND THOSE PENALTIES ARE JUST FOR A FIRST CONVICTION FINES DOUBLE IF YOU'RE CAUGHT DRIVING A BOAT DRUNK A SECOND TIME. GET A THIRD STRIKE, AND YOU'LL FACE A $5,000 FINE AND BE BANNED FROM DRIVING A BOAT FOR UP TO THREE YEARS THE BENTON COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT HOPES BOATERS UNDERSTAND THESE LAWS WHEN THEY HEAD OUT ON THE LAKE "We don't want to come out here and harass people and bother people. But you know we're here to help them, not be a nuisance. If the yhave questions, or safety precautions that they need, we're here to help them" THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT SAYS NOW THAT BENTON COUNTY HAS BECOME A WET COUNTY, BOATERS CAN EXPECT TO SEE MORE PATROLS OUT ON THE LAKE THIS SUMMER "obviously I mean the biggest step is to have more patrols out on the lake, and hopefully people will be just as safe and cautious even though Benton county has become a wet county" UNDER ARKANSAS STATE LAW, IF YOU WERE BORN AFTER 1986 , YOU MUST STATE LAW, IF YOU WERE BORN AFTER 1986 , YOU MUST COMPLETE A BOATER SAFETY COURSE BEFORE YOU CAN DRIVE MOTORBOAT REPORTING LIVE TONIGHT EMILY MAHER 4029 NEWS THAT BOATING LAW IS DIFFERENT THAN OKLAMHOMA'S, WHICH SAYS ANY PERSON WITH A VALID DRIVER'S LICENSE CAN DRIVE A MOTORBOAT WITHOUT HAVING TO TAKE A SPECIAL CLASS.